Pakistani authorities jailed nearly 1,000 fans of imprisoned previous prime minister Imran Khan who stormed the capital today to demand his release, the city&& 's police chief stated on Wednesday night.Khan & 's aides declared, without right away providing proof, that hundreds had suffered gunshot wounds throughout chaotic scenes over night in the heart of Islamabad as authorities distributed protesters led by Khan&& 's better half who had broken through security barriers.
They also said thousands had been arrested.Islamabad&& 's cops chief, Ali Rizvi, denied that live ammunition had been used during the operation, which he stated authorities had performed together with paramilitary forces, Reuters reported.Rizvi said 600 protesters had been detained in Tuesday&& 's operation, bringing the total given that the protest sit-in began on Sunday to 954.
He said weapons, consisting of automated rifles and tear gas weapons, were taken from the protest website where thousands had actually gathered.
The site was cleared in a matter of hours.Ali Amin Gandapur, a leading Khan aide and chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province who belonged of the demonstrations and left when the operation began, accused the authorities of utilizing excessive force versus protesters who he said were peaceful.He stated && hundreds & had sustained bullet wounds.Pakistan&& 's info minister and an Islamabad authorities spokesman did not react to an ask for comment on the allegation.&& Both Imran Khan & 's other half and I were assaulted straight,& & Gandapur informed an interview in the city of Mansehra, in the province he rules.Khan&& 's other half Bushra Khan left unhurt.
Khan&& 's party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), had said she would address the press conference with Gandapur, but she did not appear although the occasion was postponed by hours.PTI representative Zulfikar Bukhari PTI said earlier that the demonstration seeking Khan&& 's release had been cancelled, citing what he called && the massacre & .
Gandapur stated the protest would continue up until Khan himself called it off.At least six people &-- four paramilitary soldiers and two protesters &-- had actually been killed in the demonstrations before the over night clashes, according to PTI.But the workplace of Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi rejected this.
& & As of now, no death has been reported, and the claims distributing relating to any such incidents are baseless and unproven,& & it stated in a statement.Visiting protest websites on Wednesday, Naqvi stated police had effectively cleared protesters from the site of the sit-in and other areas of the capital.He called on PTI to offer any evidence of the firing of live ammunition by security forces, and stated it had not offered any details of deaths of its supporters.Geo News and broadcaster ARY both said security forces had actually robbed the website in main Islamabad in total darkness, and that a barrage of tear gas had actually been fired.The protesters were practically completely distributed, they added.On Wednesday, city employees were clearing particles and moving away some of the shipping containers authorities had actually utilized to block roadways around the capital.The red zone &-- the fortified location that is home to parliament, the diplomatic enclave and other crucial structures &-- was empty of protesters, however several of their lorries were left, including the remains of a truck utilized by Bushra Khan that appeared charred by flames.The PTI had intended on preserving a sit-in at a loss zone until Khan, who has been in jail because August in 2015, was freed.